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Oldsmobile seats problems

Across all Oldsmobile models in NHTSA's complaint database, 204 complaints involve seats. The Silhouette accounts for the largest share (21%). The single worst model year is the 2002 Bravada with 13 seats complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
204 about seats, all Oldsmobile models
Most affected
Silhouette 21% of these complaints
Typical mileage
57,000 miles 31 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
27 and 14

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Oldsmobile models

ModelComplaintsShare
Silhouette4221%
Cutlass4120%
Alero2412%
Bravada2412%
88168%
Aurora136%
Achieva105%
Intrigue105%
9884%
Cutlass Supreme53%

Worst model years for seats

  1. 2002 Oldsmobile Bravada13 complaints
  2. 1999 Oldsmobile Alero11 complaints
  3. 1998 Oldsmobile Silhouette11 complaints
  4. 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass10 complaints
  5. 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass8 complaints

Seats complaints by model year

Oldsmobile seats complaints by model year 0 13 25 1990: 12 '90 1991: 13 '91 1992: 14 '92 1993: 14 '93 1994: 9 '94 1995: 21 '95 1996: 17 '96 1997: 15 '97 1998: 24 '98 1999: 18 '99 2000: 9 '00 2001: 9 '01 2002: 23 '02 2003: 3 '03 2004: 3 '04
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199012
199113
199214
199314
19949
199521
199617
199715
199824
199918
20009
20019
200223
20033
20043

Among the 31 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 57,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.